October 16, 1978 (September 15), Wu Wu, John Paul II was elected the new pope.

1978 10 16, 2009, Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected the new pope of the Vatican, the name John Paul II.
predecessor, Pope John Paul I in sudden death on September 28, he held the post for only 33 days.
attached: the origin of the Pope
fourth century early leaves, Constantine the Great unified Roman Empire. The organization of the Catholic Church was modeled on the Empire in the form, divided into five dioceses: Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch Aka, the Senate by five elders of palm district. After the demise of the Western Roman Empire, the Roman parish elders in Western Europe, the prolonged political turmoil, the expansion of power, became the so-called "Pope". the
1870 years, the King of Sardinia to complete the unification of Italy, the Pope relegated to a small place in the northwest of the city of Rome, called the "Vatican". The Vatican is an independent country, an area of ​​about 440,000 square meters.